On Dec. 8 the musicians of the New Haven Symphony Orchestra, seeking increased wages, voted to approve a possible strike. Negotiations, which have been ongoing since April 2022, have thus far produced, according to a press release from the … » Read

The Detroit Symphony Orchestra has extended the contract of Music Director Jader Bignamini through the end of the 2030-31 season, lengthening the current agreement by five years to reach a total of ten by its completion. The DSO is planning to … » Read

Maria Callas’s 100th birthday on Dec. 2 became such an inescapable event in the opera world that she might as well have risen from the dead. Looking like Medea in disguise as Audrey Hepburn, Callas stared out of magazine covers, Facebook … » Read

Hollywood filmmakers, often subject to spasms of enthusiasm, recently seem to have fallen in love with classical music. Witness the focus of five films released in the last 18 months: Bradley Cooper’s Maestro and Cate Blanchett’s star … » Read

Far more classical music lovers will see Bradley Cooper’s Maestro once its available on Netflix in late December than during its current limited release in movie theaters. Those seeking a “soup to nuts” chronicle of the protean … » Read

SAN FRANCISCO—It’s all about Dido at the end of Henry Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas , the Carthaginian queen’s grief expressed in her death-scene lament that implores us to “Remember me, but ah! Forget my fate.” … » Read

Kristen Linfante , executive director and artistic director for Chamber Music Pittsburgh, is to assume the former post with the Knights as of next month. She’ll be working with the group’s founding Artistic Directors Colin and Eric … » Read

As music director of the Chicago Opera Theater for the past six years, Lidiya Yankovskaya has brought well-earned attention to the company with her commitment to presenting compelling interpretations of a varied repertoire. Under her leadership, … » Read

The announcement that English National Opera will decamp for Manchester, as per the heavy-handed directive from Arts Council England (ACE), “raises far more questions than it answers,” writes senior Telegraph critic Nicholas Kenyon. … » Read

On Dec. 3 a new chorus made a promising debut in Washington, D.C. The Washington Douglass Chorale, a 47-member semiprofessional ensemble, is the creation of former Choral Arts Society of Washington Director Scott Tucker and Music Director Nolan … » Read